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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






2. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






3. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






4. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






5. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






6. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






7. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






8. Known for his glass sculpture






9. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






10. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






11. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






12. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






13. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






14. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






15. Creates blue dye






16. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






17. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






18. The amount of light reflected by a hue






19. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






20. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






21. Pale green






22. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






23. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






24. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






25. Technique of shading using dots to control value






26. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






27. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






28. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






29. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






30. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






31. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






32. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






33. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






34. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






35. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






36. Where the revolving door was fully developed






37. Something that supports a sculpture






38. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






39. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






40. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






41. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






42. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






43. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






44. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






45. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






46. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






47. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






48. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






49. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






50. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer